Mārtiņš Kazāks is a Latvian economist and the current governor of the central

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since December 2019. Kazāks was the chief economist of the Latvian branch of Hansabanka (now

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) from 2005 to 2018. From 2018 to 2019, he was a member of the Council of the Bank of Latvia.

Biography

Mārtiņš Kazāks was born on September 19, 1973 in

Liepāja Liepāja (; liv, Līepõ; see #Names and toponymy, other names) is a state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest-city in the Kurzeme Planning Region, Kurzeme Region and the third-largest city in the country after R ...

. He finished his secondary education at Liepāja Rainis 6th Secondary School. In 1995, he graduated from the

University of Latvia University of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Universitāte, shortened ''LU'') is a state-run university located in Riga, Latvia established in 1919. The ''QS World University Rankings'' places the university between 801st and 1000th globally, seventh ...

with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 1996, he received a degree in economics from the

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. He received his master's degree in economics from the

Queen Mary University of London , mottoeng = With united powers , established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College , type = Public researc ...

in 1997, and a doctorate in economics in 2005.

References

External links

Martins Kazaks Bloomberg profile
* Governors of the Bank of Latvia Latvian economists 1973 births People from Liepāja University of Latvia alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge Alumni of Queen Mary University of London Living people {{Latvia-bio-stub